…you go outside in the cold to put a blanket on your horse, but can’t be bothered to put a coat on yourself.

…you love to browse the latest colors and designs of muck boots.

…you buy items for your horse without question. When you or your family needs something, you ask yourself , “do we really need that?”

…you feed and care for your horse before yourself, in your pajamas.

…you go south for the winter, but must come home every two weeks to see your horse.

…or – you go south for the winter so you can ride your horse!

…you would rather watch your horse graze than watch TV.

…you have major medical for your horse, but no health insurance for yourself.

…you are an expert at working with hat hair.

…you consider yourself a winner if you take home a ribbon at a competition and it cost you $240 to enter.

…your barn is exponentially cleaner than your house.

…hay is a daily hair accessory.

…you have a Corgi.

…when driving down the freeway in your car, you shift your body weight and put on leg pressure anticipating a “shy” when passing a big noisy truck with a flapping tarp!

You go on vacation, and find any horse…or go on vacation, and take photos with any horse you can find…

…you know exactly when your horse had their teeth done last, but can’t remember the last time you had yours done.

…you drive 4 hours for a one hour lesson.

…your yearly one week vacation is going to a clinic with your horse.

…you spring out of bed at 4am for a horse competition, when you really just needed to get up at 5am, take a shower, pick up donuts, wash the truck, get gas, feed, clean stalls, drive to the show, get tacked up, braid if necessary, warm your horse up and are ready for your 8am class, but you are regularly late for work.

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